Notices by switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at), page 3

@surveyor3

Sure, and in some ways all social media is somewhat dangerous, but some are more dangerous than others.

Nothing is perfect, but we always have better options (and sometimes they are MUCH better options).

@surveyor3

Mastodon doesn't carry ads or use algo or sell user data or depend on "engagement".

The main problem with Facebook is that it does all these things.

@carolinagiorno @fcthiesen

I'm not a developer so I don't have any kind of git page.

The contents of the site is just text though, so it should be relatively simple to copy?

From the same interview:

"(Social media is) about holding our attention. The things that hold our attention most are posts that trigger 'fight or flight'... what are those? Hate speech, disinformation, conspiracy theories."

👏 Exactly.

...and this is from an insider who knows as much about Facebook as anyone.

Social media is a grave threat to the world if it continues to be misued like this. It is corroding our ability to see things rationally, and making it easier to manipulate people.

Excellent interview with Roger McNamee, one of the early backers of Facebook and Zuckerberg's mentor:

https://www.channel4.com/news/roger-mcnamee-facebooks-business-model-of-converting-peoples-lives-into-data-is-morally-wrong

He now deeply regrets what Facebook has become:

"The business model of converting lives into data, and then using that data to manipulate behaviour... that's just morally wrong."

#DeleteFacebook #Facebook #MarkZuckerberg

@dthompson @cwebber @mlemweb

It's no joke, YouTube's algo turns neutral inoffensive topics into gateways to the most vile things possible:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/world/americas/youtube-pedophiles.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/world/americas/youtube-brazil.html

@pettter @manyver_se

Yes, that too 👍

Briar is more of a messenger than a social network, but it uses P2P as well.

If you're interested in alternative social networks, you might want to check out Manyverse:

https://www.manyver.se

You can follow it at:

@manyver_se

It has no servers. Instead, connections happen peer-to-peer with user data stored on the user's own device.

It's still early days and tricky to use, but it's had lots of updates.

If server-based networks become compromised due to bad tech or bad laws, this could be an important "lifeboat".

#Manyverse #Scuttlebutt #Alternatives

@solitarywalker

According to @darius this has been discussed for a while on the standard Mastodon github page:

https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/pull/8427

@boud @Bristow_69

Je crois que Framateam est Mattermost?

Mattermost est aussi bon 👍

@darius @Corfiot

It's an interesting debate on there, thanks for the link.

(I'd tend towards allowing it as long as it's not default.)

@Corfiot @darius

I agree.

Apparently some of the features first used in the Glitch fork were later added to main Mastodon.

Maybe "hometown posts" will appear in Masto itself at some point?

@darius

Wow, an interesting concept! 👍

Local-only posting as an option sounds great.

@heurrevex @mobilizon

From what I understand, their crowdfunding was so successful that they are adding a group feature too.

@Siphonay

I think I know what you mean but I can't find it either! Sorry :blobsad: